Definition of "legalize" []

• To make legal or lawful; authorize or sanction by law. (verb-transitive)

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• "Anti-drug activists say the candy, packaged in a bag emblazoned with the word "legalize," sends kids the message that illegal drugs are okay."
• "The only reason to write legislation in impenetrable legalize is a desire to hide what they’re doing from their constituents and one another (and, I suppose, tradition, upheld to preserve their ability to hide what they’re doing in the future."
• "So I don't say 'legalize' it; I say decriminalize pot, and mushrooms."